CRG's Rotax World Final Report
| CRG press release | 1 December 2014 |
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The British driver Sean Babington won the Rotax Grand Finals in Valencia (Spain) in the most powerful category, DD2, running a flawless race on CRG in a final made even more complicate by rain.
Babington preceeded the 2012 Grand Finals winner, the Canadian Ben Cooper, by more than 2 seconds, and the Australian Jordon Boys.
Above: Sean Babington, DD2
pic - RMCGF BRP
CRG DARK RIDER EVO IN DD2
In DD2, category for which CRG has been once again technical partner, the Italian factory provided the competitive CRG Dark Rider Evo chassis for 72 drivers coming from 46 countries, out of the 288 total drivers from 58 countries partaking in the event at the International Kartodrome Lucas Guerrero. This has been the 15th edition of one of the most important International appointments in the world that has seen all the National Rotax champions on track.
BABINGTON DOMINATING IN VALENCIA
Babington has been the dominator of the Spanish weekend in DD2. He has been the quickest since qualifying, when he posted the quickest time in 55”190, being 80 thousands of a second clear of the Hungarian Ferenc Kancsar and 0.108s of the Spaniard Javier Rodelas. Babington has been victorious again in the heats, when he secured three race wins and was followed by Ben Cooper at 2.
Above: Nick Neri (357), DD2
pic - RMCGF BRP
Prefinal was cancelled due to the heavy rain falling on the Spanish track, but the Final was regularly run despite being still disturbed a bit by rain.
Sean Babington did not have problems in leading the race proceeding Ben Cooper by more than two seconds at the flag, as the Australian Jordan Boys was third at 5.420s. The top ten was rounded up by the Canadian Fred Woodley, the Finn Rasmus Markkanen, the French Maxim Gravouille, the Briton Shaun Slavin, the Swiss Kevin Luedi, the American Nick Neri and the Canadian Jeffrey Kingsley.
BABINGTON PROTAGONIST IN ROTAX
The Briton Sean Babington, who lives in Dubai, has been protagonist in this season also in the Rotax Euro Challenge DD2, when he secured the fourth place behind the winner Ben Cooper, Jordon Lennox-Lamb and Andreas Backman. Babington also won the Rotax Winter Cup DD2 in Campillos (Spain) during this season. In 2013 Babington ended eleventh in the Rotax Grand Finals DD2 held in United States, race won by Simas Juodvirsis. He has also been second in the Euro Challenge DD2 behind Ben Cooper.
THE NEW ENGINES ROTAX EVO PRESENTED IN VALENCIA
The new range of karting engines Rotax 125 MAX evo were also presented in Valencia. Ease of use and equal chances to all the drivers are the features of this new series Rotax 125 Max evo, that combines the proven evolution concept Rotax with the most recent technologies applied to karting. In a nutshell, this advanced technology, specifically devised for this new generation of engines, impresses for its ease of use and its improved durability, that requires lower running costs and less maintenance.
Above: Start of the DD2 Final
pic - RMCGF BRP
WINNERS ROTAX MAX CHALLENGE GRAND FINALS 2014
DD2: Sean Babington (United Emirates)
DD2 Master: Mikko Laine (Finland)
Max Senior: Carlos Gil (Spain)
Junior: Jueri Vips (Estonia)
Micro Max (Spain, Portugal): Daniel Nogales (Spain)
Nation’s Cup: South Africa
All results are available at www.rotax-kart.com
